With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of White Oak Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 1% of workers (Missouri 13%). White Oak Township has 18 jobs, and 153 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in White Oak Township for work; outside it, Bethany is the main destination (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
White Oak Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in White Oak Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of White Oak Township: the destinations
Where White Oak Township clocks in
24% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What White Oak Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Oak Township, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Oak Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 40 minutes to work from White Oak Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Oak Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 140 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from White Oak Township, by distance
About 44% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to White Oak Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Oak Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Township | – | — | — | 40 min | $35,865 |
| Dallas Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Athens Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 19 min | $49,250 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Bethany Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dallas Township and Butler Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Bethany Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Oak Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in White Oak Township: questions
What is the median household income in White Oak Township?
$35,865 (±$13,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Oak Township?
23.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Oak Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Oak Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethany (24%, 6 mi), Kansas City (9%, 80 mi), St. Joseph (5%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Oak Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Oak Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Oak Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.